Been thinking about this more and more lately, and if you actually read the bible, particularly the old testament, on its surface, the ideal notion of sexuality and marriage is extremely different than our modern day concept of monogamous marriage. Many of the important male biblical figures were polygamists. The texts often use statements like "a wife".
The old testament, in fact, although not necessarily encouraging polygamy, does condone it and provides a set of rules to follow for those who practice it.
The new testament does mention monogamous marriage, it's more in the context of a comment on how people were living their lives (polygamy was illegal in Rome), than strict rules on monogamy. There's really only a few sporadic passages in the bible (for example 1 Corinthians 7:1-7) that can be interpreted to promote the traditional family, and many examples of non-traditional families. Monogamy is very much a Roman idea that was forced on Jews, who were the early Christians.
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